Interfolded-paper pack



C. E. SWICK.

INTEBFOLDED PAPER PACK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 21, 1917.

1,378,063. Patented May 17, 1921.

INVEN TOR.

M TTORNE w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLYDE E. SWIOK, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOB TO HAWLEY PULPAND PAPER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF OREGON.

INTERFOLDED-PAPER rack.

Application filed December 21, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLYDE E. Swron, of San Francisco, in the county ofSan Francisco and in the State of California, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Interfolded-Paper Packs; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof.

My invention has for an object to provide a paper pack by which papermay be delivered from a receptacle in such a way that the withdrawal ofthe end unit shall place the next unit in proper position for removal.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a pack in which theunits are so connected as to prevent disarrangement of the pack, whilestill permitting easy with drawal of any desired number of units whendesired.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be in part obviousand inpart specifically mentioned hereinafter.

lVhile my invention is capable of embodiment in many different forms,for purposes of illustration I have shown but one form thereof, which isto be considered merely as typical of the principle thereof. In thedrawings,

Figure 1 is a view of a single web made according to my invention, andshown partially unfolded;

Fig. 2 is a side edge view of a pack made up of webs such as shown inFig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view, partially in section, of a similar pack,the layers forming the pack being slightly separated to make theconstruction more evident.

While the form of pack illustrated may be made in any desired manner,such pack is especially adapted to be produced by a machine such asdisclosed in my copending application Serial No. 54,828, filed October8, 1915, and entitled Paper interfolding machine.

Each one of the webs of paper 1 and 2, of

which the pack is made up, is partially severed t certain points alongits length, in order that units or layers of paper may be readilydetached therefrom. The particular way in which such partial severing isaccomplished, is not important; I have shown each web as provided withrows of spaced slits 3, leaving narrow connecting strips 4 between them.

The two webs l and 2 are then interfolded Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 17, 1921.

Serial No. 208,286.

in such a way that the portions of each web between adjacent slits 3,inclose the points upon the other web at Which these slits 8 are formed.In the illustrated embodiment, each Web is folded at the partiallysevered points, and also at points 5, midway between said partiallysevered points. The two webs are assembled with the folds 5 of one webinclosing the folds at the slits 3, on the other web, thus producing asymmetrical pack in which each layer is complementary to the adjacentones. This symmetrical arrangement is not essential, however.

In the use of a pack made according to my invention, the end of one webwhich projects from the delivery receptacle, for example, the end of web1, will be pulled out by the user, the fold 5 thus placing the adjacentend of web 2 in position to be next Withdrawn. The tension exerted uponweb 1, in withdrawing it, is sufficient to sever the connecting strips 4between the end unit and the remaining portion of the web with no moreeffort on the part of the user than ifsaid end unit had been previouslyentirely disconnected from the remainder of the web.

It Will also be apparent that both webs are continuous until actuallywithdrawn from the receptacle for use, thus making the pack less liableto become disarranged either in the process of making, transporting orplacing into the receptacle, and making easier the rearrangement of thepack in case its webs shall have in any way become disarranged.

While I have described a specific form of my invention, it is obviousthat many changes may be made which will still be within the principlethereof.

I claim:

1. A paper pack comprising interfolded webs of paper, said webs beingpartially severed at alternate points along their lengths, the portionsof each web intermediate its partially severed points inclosing thepartially severed points of the other web.

2. A paper pack comprising interfolded webs of paper, said webs beingpartially severed at alternate points along their lengths, both of saidwebs being folded at the partially severed points on each web.

3. A paper pack comprising interfolded webs of paper, said webs beingpartially severed at alternate points along their I lengths, both ofsaid webs bein folded at midway between the I points intermediate thepartia ly severed points on each web.

on each web.

5. A paper pack com rising interfolded webs of paper, said we s belngpartially folded at at points midway therebetween, each of said lastmentioned folds of each sheet inclosing a fold.

severed at alternate points along their v lengths,. each of said websbeing the partially severed points an at a sheet. 1

6. A paper pack comprising interfolded webs of paper, said webs beingweakened at alternate points along their lengths, and each of said websbein folded at points between the weakened polnts, whereby the folds ofeach web each inclose a partially severed point on the other web. v v

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing and have hereunto set my hanCLYDE EL S'WICK. Witnesses:

F. P. TINDELL,

LYNDALL BISHOP.

partially severed point on the. other

